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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-02-19
10Th day Of February 1887

the following described property, to-wit:
A certain tract oil land known as tho Clifton
tract, lying on tho west bank of tho Qua
chita river, about the mouth of the bayou
"rupa.', containing in tho aggregate
205 IL 100 acres OF land, more or less, and
being Same property acquired by this
vendor from George and job Downs, and of
record in book II, page 5; also all of section
(2S) twenty-three, r, IS N, Il, east, except
thee = of SO \ of said section, q ofnei4
and II = of s o u of section %, II. IS N, r. 2
east, containing seven hundred and tw enty
acres, more or less, except one hundred and
twenty acres claimed by succession of Jos.
Sherman, and being same property acquired
by this vendor at succession sale of Simon
King, and of record in Notarlal book "w,'
p, $50.
Seized as the property of defendant, and
will be sold to satisfy said writ and costs.
Terms of sale on credit oftwelve months
for what the property will bring, the pur-
chaser to execute bond with approved Sc
curity, bearing eight per cent. per annum
interest from day of sale. and pay i'll cash
tho following costs: Clerks cost, $l2 20.
Recorders cost, 81 so. Advertisement,
$1,000. Sheriirs cost, Sl4 20. Commissions
on sale to be added.} State and Parish
taxes for 1856, Sll SO.
j. C. MCGUIRE. Sheriff.
Saturday, January 20, 1857.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-02-19
HOMESTEAD ENTRY.
LAND orFtCE AT New ORLEANS
1907

LAND OFFICE AT NEW ORLEANS La,
January 18th, 1887.
SAMUEL \. KAWf4S, OF otACUfTN
L Parish. La. who made Homestead APP
plcation No. 6265, for the @ - OF NV a and
y OF ne "a See. Is, T. Is, n. Il. $ Z La.
Meridian, do hereby give notice of my in
tcntion 10 mako final proof to establish my
claim to tho land above described, and that
l expect 10 prove my residence and cultira-
ton before the Judge or in his absence the
Clerk OF tho District Court for the parish OF
ouachita, at Monroe, La, on the nth day
March, 1857, by two of the following wit
nesses: l.. @. Berry, II. L. Bcrry, II. I.
Louisiana.
SAMUEL y, RAWLS.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-02-19

spirit prevailed to such an extent as
to seriously jeopardize the success of the
ticket in the State, and did really de.
feat it in some parishes.
The Democratic party cannot afford
to run any more such risks. We risk
nothing in saying that If party har-
noDy is not restored before the adj
journment of the next State convention,
the success OF the ticket placed in the
field will be seriously imperiled, if the
ticket is not defeated outright. If the
supremacy Of the Democratic party in
the State is worth preserving it is worth
the concessions necessary to procure
harmony. There is no gainsaying the
proposition that unless harmony is
restored in the Democratic ranks its
success at the next election will be ex-
tremely doubtful except by a resort to
methods to be condemned by all hon-
est people; which methods it is TO be
hoped the party will stear clear of in
the future, If it would maintain its
respectability and keep within its
ranks the most respectable element of
the voting population of the State.
The Republicans of the State will no
doubt put ticket in the field. if the
present breach in the Democratic
party is not healed before the nomina-
ton of another candidate for Cover
nor. Should the right kind of men be
placed upon the ticket, with the pre-.
sent discord in the Democratic party,
it would be difficult to say which
would win. Such calamity to the
Democratic party can be averted if the
proper efforts are made tn do So Har,
mony must be restored to accomplish
1t, and how to restore it is the prob
lem that should engage the thoughts
OF the true friends of the party until
the object sought is accomplished.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-02-19
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
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SIIERIFF'S SALE.

The state of Louisiana, Parish CT Ouachita
Fifth District Court,
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-02-19

Lemle & Simon, ................,No 264s.
Goodbar, Love 4 Co., .................No 2Gl0,
Versus
II. ID. King.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-02-19
HOMESTEAD ENTRY.
LAND OFFICE, NEW ORLEANS, La,

january, %, 1857.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his inten-
ton to make final proof in support Of his
claim, and that said proof will be made be-
fore the Judge, or in his absence, the Clerk
of tho District Court at Monroe, La, on
Monday, February 2S, 1887, Wis: Greenur
X. Miller, who made Home Entry No. 1896
for tho W = of II W 4, Section s, Township
Is. n. Il. East, La. Meridian.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon, and
cultivation OF, said land, viz:
JNo. l.. Norris, Auof
w. l.. MoRRIs, ! c,,o,i,;t, p,,ish
y, ~ ~ " H s , 1850, g., Louisiana.
THOMAS j. BUTLER Register,
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-02-19
BY ALEXANDER X. M'cLusa.

BY ALEXANDER X. M'cLuNa.
"Swift'y speed DER the waves of time.
Spirit of Death!
In manshood's morn, In youthful prime,
Iwoo thy breath;
For the fading hues of hope have fed
Like the doIphin's light,
aud dark are the clouds above my head
As tho starless night.
80 vainly the mariner signs for the rest
Ofthe peacefuIhaven,
The pilgrim saint for the shrine of the blest
The calm of Heaven:
Iho galley.siave for the night winds breath
At burning noon,
But more gladly spring to thy cold arms,
.is- Death,
Come Roon! Come soouw
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-02-19

BY virtue of n writ of ii IA issued by the
Honorable Fifth District Court, in and for
the Parish of Ouachita, and to mo directed
in the above entitled and numbered suit,
have seized and taken into my possession,
and Will sell at public auction, between
loyal hours fsaIc, to tho last and highest
bidder, at tho door of tho Court House in
the city of Monroe La on
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-02-19

Versus
II. d. King.
by VIRTURE OF WRITS OF III, ia,
- issued by tho Honorable Fifth District
Court, in and for the Parish of Ouachita,
State OF Louisiana, and to mo directed in the
above entitled and numbered suits, have
seized and taken into my possession, and
will sell at public auction, between legal
hours of sale, to the last and highest bidder,
at the door of the Court House in the City
of Monroe, La, on
Saturday, 10th day Of February, 1887,
tho following described property, to-wit:
Tho improvements consisting of a dwelling
house, out houses and other structures on
lot of ground in Cotton Port or West
Monroe, in said Parish and State, said lot
bounded East by the Ouachita river, South
by the Ferry Landing and road leading
thereto and West by Front Street and North
by the grounds occupied by tho Monroe
Oil Company.
Seized as tho property of dofendent and
will be sold to satisfy said writs and costs.
Terms of sale, on II credit of twelve months
for what the property will bring the pur-
chaser to execute bond with approved Sc
curity bearing five per cent per annum in
terest from day OF sale and pay in cash tho
following cost: Clerks cost $2S 80. Adver-
tisement SIG 90. SherifI's cost S21 GO. {Com-
missions on sale to be added.) State and
Parish taxes for 1856 81 SO.
J. l.. Mcguire, Sheriff.
Monroe, La, Jan'y %, 1887.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-02-19
SIIENIFE'S SALE.
Keller Bros. VS.. Joshua Lenle,
No. 2,456.

The State of Louisiana, Parish of Ouachta,
Fifth District Court.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-09-02
Selecting a Cow.

A model useful dairy cow may be
known at a glance by an expert. She
has fine, long head, broad between the
eyes, and a thin, wide muzzle; the eyes
are large, and Of mild expression; the
neck is thin and long; the ears are thin,
and covered within with deep yellow
skin; the forequarters are light and thin,
and the whole body has much the shape
of wedge, increasing in size to the rear
the legs are thin, with fine bone; the
belly is large and deep, with great ca
pacity for food; the back is broad and
straight, and the ribs are we'll rounded
toward the rear; the bones of the rump
are wide apart; the tail is long and thin :;
the thighs are thin and are set widely
apart; the udder is large and full, es-
pecially behind; the teats are of good
size, and set far apart upon a broad,
level udder and the milk-vein, sO-called,
which is the large vein leading from the
udder and passing into the abdomen,
and which is an indication of the amount
of blood circulating through the milk
glands, and contributing to the milk Sc
cretiOn, should be full and tOrtuous in it's
short cOuse. A fine horn, deep, yellow
skin, and a general elegance of form,
without any heaviness or beefiness in any
part, are also important indications of
good quality in a COW for the dairy
american AqricultuTiSt.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-09-02
FARM AND GARDEN.
Ashes in Fruit Culture.

A correspondent of the american
Garden says: l have always had the best
results from the use of ashes in fruit Gull
ture, and in some cases the results were
in proportion to applications far more
liberal than l would have dared to re-
commend. Thus, one spring / was set
ting an apple tree two years old of the
Maiden's Blush variety never a pre-
-cocious variety with me- in location
that seemed to have been intended by
nature as "a thorn in the flesh" as long as
l included it in my orchard It was i'm
possible to drain it at any expense justi-
fed by the probable results, and tree
rarely lived in it longer than two years.
In this particular case, until I had the
hole dug, it was nearly filed with water.
l felt desperate, and, procuring a bucket
of unleached wood ashes, put them in
the hole, deposited the roots of the tree
below the surface of the water and filled
the hole as best l could The tree
blossOmed the succeeding fall and ever
after has been vigorous. Since then
have trenched around my orchard trees
all the wood ashes, either Ieached or I'M
leached, that l could conveniently get.
One spring incorporated ashes in the
soil about some grape vines that l was
setting out, giving to each vine about
half bushel. Inever before had grape
vines do so well.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-09-02

The more we investigate the scab the less
we know about it.
Among the many beautiful flowers
grown from seed sown in early spring,
none is more worthy of admiration than
the mimulus, OF, as 1t Is commonly
called, monkey flower. The varieties
number among colors white, sulphur,
scarlet and pink. The plant is half
hardy perennial, growing low, rarely
over a foot high and succeeding best
in moist, shady situations. The seed
should be sown early in the spring
and the plant blooms in early summer.
4 remarkably pretty effect may be pro-
duced by sowing seed of mimulus and
portulaca in ad jacent beds. The clear
beauty of the portulaca forms a remark
contrast to the spotted flowers of the
mimulus. Our flower lovers are
gradually drifting back to the culture of
the old favorite ANIMALS, bienrials and
perennials, and find as much pleasure in
their culture as with rare kinds which
are usually difficult to grow.
Professor Lazenby, of Columbus, Ohio,
approves of soft soap wash for trees.
He says SCI am acquainted with an
orchard of fifteen apple trees, now
twenty-six years old, that has been
regularly and Systematically treated to a
wash of soft soap about May 20 and
again June 80 each year. Less than half
a dozen borers have been found in this
orchard and the trees are all in thrifty,
vigorous condition. In neigboring
orchards, where this precaution has not
been taken, the trees have been killed by
scores, while many that remain are so
much injured as to be worthless. Lye is
sometimes used in the place of soap, but
the latter is a much more effective pre-
ventive. 1t can be readily applied with
an old broom. Besides making the tree
obnoxious to the borer, the soap keeps
the bark in a healthy condition. This
remedy may be applied to all trees
or shrubs liable to be attacked.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-09-02
The Pianisf,s Tnnch

Pianists and players on stringed instIu-
ments, If they possess real musical in
stinct, individualize the works they
interpret chiefly by the expression with
which they invest each phrase by sympa-
thetic pressure of the fingers on the keys
or strings. The nature of the pressure
is unconsciously governed by the in
tensity of the feeling induced by the
mental appreciation of the characteristics
of musical phrase. This pressure Is
technically named touch" but it is use
less to add that the term signifies some
thing more than the peculiar manner in
which the player presses the keyboard,
whether light, heavy, clumsy, firm. :"
etc, as one writer defines it. As DR..
Wilson aptly says: The organs of the
other senses are passive the organ OF
touch alone is active" Touch" in 8
musical sense, is not merely q mechanical
process, but affords the pianist the
means of investing a composition with
intellectual life. The heart, which is
the spring and fountain of eloquence,
speaks through the finger tips Musical
Herald.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-09-02
Benefits of an Erect Attitude.

An erect bodily attitude is of vastly
more Importance to health than most
people generally imagine. Crooked
bodily positions, maintained for any
length of time, are always injurious
whether in the sitting, standing or lying
posture, whether sleeping or walking.
To sit with the body leaning forward on
the stomach, or to one side, with the
heels elevated on level with the hands,
is not only in bad taste, but exceedingly
detrimental to health; it cramps the
stomach, presses the vital organs, inter
rupts the free motion of the chest, and
enfeebles the functions of the abdominal
ana thoracic organs, and, in fact, I'M
balances the whole muscular system.
Many children become slightly hump
backed or severely ound-shouldered by
sleeping with the head raised on high
pillow. When any person finds it easier
to sit or stand or walk or sleep in
crooked position than a straight one,
such person may be sure his muscular
system is badly deranged, and the more
careful he is to preserve straight or up
right position, and get back again, the
better. Peoples Health Jour1GA
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-09-02
Pile. Cured fer rs Crpt.

Dr.. wALrCN's CURE EoR PILES ts guaran-
teed TO cure the worst case OF piles Price $
cenis- AT druggists. or mailed stamps takenl
by the
WALTON REMEDY Co. cLEvELASp. o.
ROYAL GLUE mends anything Broken Chi.
Ia. Glass, Wood Free Walls a. Drugs s. Gro
Bronchitis Is cured by frequent small doses
OF Piso's Cure for Consumption
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-09-02
SELECT SIFTINGS.

Grist mills are an Irish invention and
were first run in Ireland in ga.
Eighty-four different languages and
dialects are regularly spoken in New
York city.
The business of cap-making was ruined
in 1891 by the common caring of hats,
which then came into vogue.
The distance from Queenstown to New
York is 2, 848 miles as sailed by the I'm
bria on her recent quick passage.
Phenicia was at the pinnacle of power
between the years 1000 and $50 B. c.,
and it's people were the instructors and
civilizers of the whole Western world.
The admitted history of China began
in 1922 B. c., and the Chinese claim
twenty-five dynasties of emperors, two
of them, Hia and Chang, before the age
of Samuel.
In1752 Button and Dalibard ascertained
the identity of electricity and lighting
by insulated rods; and the very same
year Franklin made the same determine
ton by a kite.
An eight-pound salmon was recently
capturned in the river at WilliamspOrt,
Penn, by man named Conner, by strik
ing it a we'll directed blow with a stick
that stunned it. 1t had been mapping.
The Continental Congress ceased to
exist March 4, 1850, and the new Gov
eminent provided for by the National
Convention went into operation. Thus
it is that the United States official year
begins with March 4.
The German Government guarded its
people against the introduction of our
Colorado potato beetle by having faith
full life-like pictures of him in all stages
of development scattered throughout
the Empire, with written descriptions of
habits, time of appearance, and how to
destroy the curse at first sight.
The Mint of the United States was es-
tablished by act of Congress, April 2,
1899; but it was not put into full opera
ton until 1895. Philadelphia being the
seat of government at that time, the Mint
was established in that city and never
moved therefrom. The Philadelphia
Mint remained the only one until 1882,
when Congress created three branches.
The style or point of bone or metal
which was used for writing on tables
coated with wax gave place to the reed,
pointed and split, and used as a pen with
some colored liquids. The use of quilts
followed, the first to employ the later, so
far as we have any record, being Isidore,
who died in 636. Steel pens made their
appearance early in the present century,
and for the idea to which they owe their
existence we are indebted to William
Gadbury, a mathematical instrument
maker, who constructed pen from two
pieces of steel watch spring.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-09-02

Max Won Pettenkoffer, German medi-
cal authority, considers that cholera is not
contagious in the sense of being COM
municable directly from person to per-
son, but that it belongs to the malarial
group of epidemics, the germs of which
find their way from the soil into the air,
and thence through the lungs into the
system. He regards good drainage and
pure water as the most efficient safe
guards against an outbreak.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-09-02
BarthOldi's Statue Liberty Eniighten-
ing the WOrId''

BarthOldi's Statue Of"Liberty Eniighten-
ing the "Orld'
VIII be reminder of personal liberty for ages
TO come. On just as sure a foundation has DR..
Pierce'S Golden Medical Discovery been
placed, and it will stand through the cycles of
time a monument to the physical emancipa-
ton of thousands, who by its use have been re-
lieVed from consumption, cOnSumptive night
sweats bronchitis, coughs, splitting of blood,
weak lungs, and other throat and lung atfec-
THERE are about $1,000 Swedes in Chicago,
Illinois.
Nervous debility, premature decline
of power in either sex, speedily and permanent
" cured. Large book, 10 cents in stamps;
Worlds Dispensary Medical Association, 663
Main Street, Buffalo, \. Y.
THERE are 10000 miles of telegraph and tele-
graph and telephone wires in New York city.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-09-02
The SheeDfOld.

One way remains, says the Cuzticato7',
by which sheep may be made profitable
for the restoration of fertility. This is
to buy in the fall and fatten during the
winter. No kind of stock makes more
or richer manure in proportion to it's
feed. 1t requires experience with sheep.
and good Judgment added, to buy them
judiciously, but when thus bought, a
flock of sheep in the fall can hardly fail
TO prove profitable for feeding.
The increased growth of wool from
fattening sheep goes good way toward
paying for their feed. Glover hay is best
for them, and with this and a very little
grain sheep can be got in excellent con-
ditiOn in sixty to ninety days, and during
this time a flock of one hundred will
work down a large straw stack into
manure, using most of it as bedding.
1t is in the barnyard, treading down
straw and compacting it with evenly
distributed manure, rather than the pas
ture, that the foot of the sheep is golden.
Granted hogs will make scarcely richer
manure; but they do not relish clover
hay nor tread down into manure the
straw they use as bedding.
Whitening flock of ewes so as to grow
early lambs for market is profitable if
warm quarters and plenty of roots or
other succulent feed. 1t also needs
greater skill and judgment than is re-
quired TO" fattening sheep. Merely in
feeding less skill is demanded, for the
breeding eve has an appetite not easily
cloyed, and its feed is more laxative and
less nutritious than that usually given to
fattening animals.
But the chief point in growing early
lambs for market is to keep up as large
supply of milk as can be had from the
dam, and then experimenting this just
as soon as lambs become old enough to
cat with the food that will bring them
into the best condition. Spring lamb is
food for the epIcure, and whoever pro
vides it requires skill proportional to the
difficulty of its production.
Wool is the farm product which brings
most money in proportion to what 1t
takes from the farm and with least labor
to the producer. But the life of
shepherd, though not laborous, is exact
Ing, especially at lambing time. If any
one goes into the business of keeping
1aeep with the notion that it is an
easy way of gettinga living he makes
a serious mistake. Possibly in rough,
~ew countries, on land that costs little or
nothing, flock Of sheep will produce
something with little care on the part of
their owner, but it is precarious business
even there
As part of civilized farming on high
priced land the sheep keeper must expect
to give fully as much care to his stock,
and even more, than any other farm
stock would require. If through his
neglect the stock becomes failure his
losses will be even greater than they
would be in some other branch of farm
ing. The man who thinks chiefly how
he can have an easy time is not fit for any
kind of farming, least of all for keeping
sheep. In fact, there is no kind of
business that such one can begin with
any prospect of success. The idea that
poorly kept sheep make either the land
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-09-02
They Rush for 1t.

1t is said the women swarm after Moxie
Nerve Food with perfect furore. 1t is known
to be customary for young men to use a mug
of it to antidote the effects of debauch, which
1T does within an hour so effectually, there is
nothing felt after to remind them they have
had one. Some of our most eminent physi-
clans say it is the only nerve food of any ac-
count, as all the others are actually only mild
StimulantS, and soon lose their effects, while
this does not, more than common food. 1t has
been but thirteen months on the market, and
the druggists say its sale is the most extraor-
dlnarY known.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-09-02

THERE are about $1,000 Swedes in Chicago,
Illinois.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-09-02
The Famous DaxIiobt Tour

To the average American tourist abroad, one
of the places most eagerly sought and most
thoroughly admired for the beauty and pictur-
esqueness of its scenery is the "Trosachs,' - the
trip through which is one of constant delight
and surprise.
The river, lake and mountain country
through which the eXcursionist passes in a
jaunt through the American TrOsachs, while
unequaled for its beauty, has not been as ia
miliar to the public in the past as it should
have been, but now, thanks to the enterprise
of the Erie Railway, the trip is so arranged
that it can easily be taken in days time. If
made from New York the tour, like that
through the Scottish Trosa"hs, may be made
in eleven hours. When made in the opposite
direction about double that time is necessary,
Greenwood Lake.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-09-02

or their owner owner rich has been too
long delusion for those inexperienced
in the business.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-09-02

THERE are 10000 miles of telegraph and tele-
graph and telephone wires in New York city.